Yeah we're almost there!!!
Had our final inspection on Tuesday...we had decided to employ…

Thankfully Taki, the build DOES take much less time than the paperwork...we paid our original deposit on 29 Feb 2010, work finally commenced with Cut & Fill on 7 September…

b.lizzie - when you go for your pre appointment that is the time to ask what all the extra costs are....take a notepad and write everything you want to know…

Sounds like it's going well for you Riccathome! We were about the same as you, but once the frame went up and the bricks got delivered nothing else has…

Things will hopefully go as quickly for you Ric as they seem to be going now for us!!! (Touch wood!).
Our frame was delivered one day, half up the next…

Coodilly - I understand your frustrations!! I was in a very similar position, however some things I just gave up on to move the process ahead! We are…

Hello McDJH Builders!!
Riccathome - Sorry to hear you are still being delayed!
I must say I'm very happy I'm buidling in McDJH local region! We had the authority to commence…

Riccathome - where you specifically asked to provide the all weather driveway?? I notice our contract requires the site to have all weather access, but we just took it…

Congrats on the approvals Riccathome!!! We got ours on 19 July, and then all the info was received from McDJH on 23 Jul...unfortunately as we are not building in…

Wow, something finally moved quickly for me!!!
Our plans went into Maitland Council on Thursday 8 July 2010, I rang the council yesterday to see if there was any information yet,…

Just an updated on our progress....we finally got answers to all our questions regarding the Contract, and even got 7 weeks credit in time for the delays caused during the…

Wow Katrina...how exciting...how does it feel being in your brand new home??? I can't wait...I'm already dreaming and we haven't even started building!
An…

Also meant to add to that...gavmer, we were also told that the anticon blanket will also cut down the echoing in the house caused by the steel frames! I…

Hi All,
Glad to see a new topic up, thanks Bizzie Mummy, was needing the contact with others building...I hope I wasn't the cause of the last thread removal, so won't…